Glowing orb candle method and apparatus

ABSTRACT

A primary outer shell includes, in its most preferred embodiment, a base and a wall which includes at least one embedded foreign object and defines openings into an inner cavity containing a burnable candle member which causes the outer shell to glow and cast shadows without melting. The outer shell is constructed according to a unique molding method which includes at least partially immersing a swollen distensible mold, such as a water-filled balloon, into a reservoir of molding material, such as wax, to allow the molding material to form a molded shell around the distensible mold. After the distensible mold with the attached molded shell is removed from the reservoir of molding material, it is placed upon a flat surface to form a flat bottom into the molded shell. A foreign object is then mounted to the molded shell, and the distensible mold with the attached molded shell is again immersed in the reservoir of molding material to form a second layer of molded material and embed the foreign object into the molded shell. Subsequently, the distensible mold is removed from within the molded shell, such as by popping the balloon and pouring out the water and balloon, to leave an inner cavity, and the outer shell is pierced to form openings into the inner cavity.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/589,785,filed Jan. 22, 1996, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,697,694 which is a continuationof application Ser. No. 08/181,346, filed Jan. 14, 1994, now U.S. Pat.No. 5,492,664.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates generally to the field of molds, and morespecifically, to the field of molding candle structures.

The practice of making candles is very old, and candles are nowavailable in a variety of different sizes and shapes ranging from long,slender candlesticks for use in candelabra to short votive candles foruse in religious ceremonies, etc. It has also been well known to use avariety of devices to support and accentuate candles. Accordingly, oneknown practice is to place small candles behind translucent structuressuch as a decorative stained glass displays. Other practices includeplacing candles within various types of casings such as luminaria,pumpkins, or other structures such as is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No.2,735,285. The lantern-shaped structure disclosed in that patentincludes a long candle protruding through a closed roof of a casingwhich is constructed of wax having a higher melting point than theenclosed candle. As the candle burns down to the lantern-shaped casing,a hole is melted into the roof where it contacts the flame to enable thecandle to continue burning within the casing to illuminate the casing.Unfortunately, that hole will likely appear irregular and look as thoughsomething has broken off so that the casing is not truly reusable in thesense that it will look much different after the first use.

There are many methods of forming candles. One older method includesrepeatedly dipping a burnable wick into a reservoir of molten wax.Others include suspending a wick within a mold cavity of an externalmold while introducing molten wax into the external mold. After the waxhardens into a candle, methods for removing the candle from the externalmold include tearing disposable molds away from the candle, openingmulti-piece molds to remove the candle, and distending expansibleexternal molds as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,022,862. Unfortunately,none of these techniques appear to provide an easy, efficient, andcost-effective method for molding a shell such as a casing for enclosinga burnable candle member.

There is, therefore, a need in the industry for an apparatus and amethod which address these and other related, and unrelated, problems.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Briefly described, the present invention includes, in its most preferredembodiment, a glowing orb candle which includes an outer shell with aflat bottom wall and a continuous spherical side wall extending upwardfrom the bottom wall to define an inner cavity in which is located aninner candle member with a burnable wick mounted upon the flat bottomwall of the outer shell below a formed upper aperture in the outershell. At least one foreign object is embedded within the side wall tocast shadows outside the glowing orb candle, and a plurality of smallapertures are defined in the side wall located down from the upperaperture to emit light from within the inner cavity. The outer shell isparticularly shaped and sized relative to the inner candle member sothat when the inner candle member burns, the outer shell glows withoutmelting even though the inner candle member and the outer shell are bothconstructed of a wax material having a similar melting point.

The preferred embodiment of the present invention also includes a uniquemethod of molding a shell such as the outer shell of the glowing orbcandle. Such a method includes at least partially immersing a swollendistensible mold into a reservoir of molding material to allow themolding material to form an outer shell around the outside of the mold.In one example of the preferred embodiment of the present invention, theswollen distensible mold is an ordinary water-filled balloon, and themolding material is molten wax. With respect to this example, after awax outer shell forms around the water-filled balloon, the water-filledballoon with the attached wax outer shell is eventually removed from thereservoir of molten wax and placed upon a flat surface to form a flatbottom into the outer shell as it dries.

A foreign object, such as a leaf, flower, or written material is thenmounted to the outer shell, and the water-filled balloon with theattached outer shell is again immersed in the reservoir of molten wax toform a second layer of the outer shell which extends around the foreignobject so that the foreign object is visible (and legible in the case ofwritten material) through the outer layer. After the outer shell driesagain, the balloon is opened, such as through popping, and the water andballoon are poured out of the outer shell to leave a vacant innercavity. Then, a hot instrument is used to pierce the side wall of theouter shell to form the plurality of small light-emitting apertures. Thepresent invention also includes a variety of alternate embodiments, eachof which is discussed in detail below.

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a glowingcandle structure.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a candle whichincludes a reusable outer shell and an inner member having a burnablewick.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a candle whichincludes an outer shell and an inner member which are both constructedof wax having a similar melting point.

Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a candle whichincludes a wax outer shell defining an inner cavity accessible through aformed upper aperture and visible through a plurality of small lowerapertures.

Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a candle whichincludes an outer shell which includes an inner layer and an outer layerand a foreign object embedded between the inner layer and the outerlayer.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a method formolding a shell which includes the step of immersing an expandeddistensible mold at least partially within a reservoir of moldingmaterial.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a method formolding a shell which includes the step of immersing an expanded,reusable distensible mold at least partially within a reservoir ofmolding material.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a method formolding a shell which includes repeatedly immersing an expandeddistensible mold at least partially within a reservoir of moldingmaterial to embed a foreign object between layers of the shell.

Other objects, features and advantages of the present invention willbecome apparent upon reading and understanding the presentspecification, when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a side view representation of a first step of the preferredmethod of constructing a glowing orb candle which includes expanding adistensible mold by introducing distensing fluid into the mold.

FIG. 2 is a side view representation of a subsequent step of thepreferred method which includes partially submerging the swollendistensible mold into a reservoir of molding material.

FIG. 3 is a side view representation of another subsequent step of thepreferred method which includes removing the distensible mold with ashell of molding material formed around the distensible mold.

FIG. 4 is a side view representation of another subsequent step of thepreferred method which includes placing the mold with attached shellupon a flat surface to solidify.

FIG. 5 is a side view representation of another subsequent step of thepreferred method which includes applying adhesive to one side of aforeign object for being affixed to the shell of molding material.

FIG. 6 is a side view representation of another subsequent step of thepreferred method which includes submerging the mold with attached shelland foreign object into the reservoir of molding material.

FIG. 7 is a side view representation of another subsequent step of thepreferred method which includes placing the mold with attached shell andembedded foreign object onto a flat surface.

FIG. 8 is a side view representation of another subsequent step of thepreferred method which includes removing the distensing fluid anddistensible mold from the molded shell.

FIG. 9 is a side view representation of another subsequent step of thepreferred method which includes slightly submerging the top of themolded shell into the reservoir of molding material to create a slightlyflared top.

FIGS. 10 and 11 are side view representations of other subsequent stepsof the preferred method which include piercing the wall of the moldedshell to create a plurality of light apertures.

FIG. 12 is a side view representation of another subsequent step of thepreferred method which includes pouring a small amount of moldingmaterial into the molded shell for receipt of an inner candle member.

FIG. 13 is a side cross-sectional view of a glowing orb candle inaccordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a top plan view of the glowing orb candle of FIG. 13.

FIG. 15 is a side cross-sectional view of a glowing orb candle inaccordance with an alternate embodiment of the present invention whichincludes a votive candle.

FIG. 16 is a top plan view of the glowing orb candle of FIG. 15.

FIG. 17 is a side elevational view of another distensible mold inaccordance with another alternate embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 18 is a front perspective view of a glowing orb candle formed usingthe distensible mold of FIG. 17.

FIG. 19 is a top plan view of the glowing orb candle of FIG. 18.

FIG. 20 is a side cross-sectional cut-away view of a glowing orb candlein accordance with another alternate embodiment of the presentinvention.

FIG. 21 is a top plan view of the glowing orb candle of FIG. 20.

FIG. 22 is a side cross-sectional cut-away view of a glowing orb candlein accordance with yet another alternate embodiment of the presentinvention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

Referring now in greater detail to the drawings in which like numeralsrepresent like components throughout the several views, FIG. 1 shows aside view representation of a first step of the preferred method of thepresent invention which includes expanding a distensible mold 30 byintroducing distensing fluid 32 into an expandable cavity 34 definedwithin the distensible mold 30. According to one acceptable example ofthe preferred method of the present invention, the distensible mold 30is an ordinary round balloon and the distensing fluid 32 is a liquidsuch as ordinary water. The distensible mold 30 is shown including amold lip 36 which can be positioned around a faucet lip 38 duringfilling of the distensible mold 30. A mold exterior surface 40 is alsoshown located below a mold neck 42.

Referring now to FIG. 2, after the distensible mold 30 has beenexpanded, the mold neck 42 is tied into a neck knot 44 which seals thedistensible mold 30 and provides a place to easily grasp the distensiblemold 30. The expanded distensible mold 30 is then partially submergedinto a reservoir 50 of molding material 52. According to one acceptableexample of the preferred method of the present invention, the moldingmaterial 52 is molten beeswax having a temperature of approximately 155°F. The distensible mold 30 is allowed to remain within the reservoir 50until the molding material 52 forms a primary shell 56 around the moldexterior surface 40. With reference to FIG. 3, as the distensible mold30 is removed from the reservoir 50, the primary shell 56 is shownattached around the mold exterior surface 40. The distensible mold 30with attached primary shell 56 is then placed, as shown in FIG. 4, upona flat surface 60 and allowed to solidify. Because of the weight of thedistensing liquid 32 (FIG. 1) within the distensible mold 30, a flatshell bottom wall 62 is formed. A continuous shell side wall 64 extendssubstantially spherically upward from the shell bottom wall 62 untilterminating at a shell top edge 66.

In a subsequent step, a foreign object, such as a leaf 72 as shown inFIG. 5, receives an adhesive 71 from an adhesive container 70. Oneexample of an acceptable adhesive is the 3M Super 77™ spray adhesiveavailable from 3M of St. Paul, Minn. Another acceptable example includesa diluted mixture of ordinary honey and water. The leaf 72 is thenmounted onto the shell side wall 64 before the distensible mold 30 withattached primary shell 56 is partially submerged within the reservoir 50to embed the leaf 72 within the primary shell 56 by adding another layerof molding material 52 to the primary shell 56. Subsequently, thedistensible mold 30 with attached primary shell 56 is again removed fromthe reservoir 50 and allowed to solidify upon the flat surface 60 asshown in FIG. 7.

Referring now to FIG. 8, after the primary shell 56 has dried andsolidified, the distensible mold 30 is popped so that both thedistensible mold 30 and the distensing fluid 32 can be easily pouredfrom the primary shell 56. As a result, an inner cavity 76 is leftwithin the primary shell 56. The shell top edge 66 defines an upperaperture 77 providing access into the inner cavity 76. Subsequently, theshell top edge 66 is slightly flared by barely dipping the shell topedge 66 back into the reservoir 50, as is shown in FIG. 9, after whichthe additional molding material 52 on the shell top edge 66 is allowedto solidify. With reference now to FIG. 10, a heated tool 80 with aheated tool head 81 is inserted into the shell side wall 64 to open anaperture 82a into the inner cavity 76. During that process, the primaryshell 56 melts partially so that a dropping 84a streams down the outsideof the shell side wall 64 toward the shell bottom wall 62. As shown inFIG. 11, the primary shell 56 is rotated before the piercing step isrepeated so that a second dropping 84b streams downward toward the shelltop edge 66. This process is repeated throughout various angles to forman aperture dropping pattern 86 as shown in FIG. 12. Subsequently, aportion of molding material 52 is poured through the upper aperture 77onto the shell bottom wall 62, the purpose of which is explained below.

FIG. 13 shows a side cross-sectional view of the glowing orb candle 88which includes the previously described primary shell 56 and an innermember 90 mounted upon the shell bottom wall 62 through an inner cup 92.Refer also to FIG. 14 which shows a top plan view of the glowing orbcandle 88 of FIG. 13. The inner cup 92 is formed by placing the innermember 90 into the molding material 52 which was poured onto the shellbottom wall 62, as discussed above, before the molding material 52 isallowed to solidify. The inner member 90 includes an inner membermelting portion 93 of the same molding material 52 and a burnable wick94 as shown. Formation of the inner member 52 is accomplished in aconventional way of suspending a wick within an external mold, such as asmall paper cup, while introducing molding material 52 into the cup, andallowing the molding material to solidify before pulling the mold away.The primary shell 56 is an outer shell which includes an inner layer 96and an outer layer 98 which enclose the leaf 72. In addition, theapertures 82a,b are shown extending through both the inner layer 96 andthe outer layer 98 into the inner cavity 76, while the droppings 84a,bare shown attached outside the outer layer 98.

The glowing orb candle 88 operates when the wick 94 is lighted. Whilethe wick 94 burns and the molding material 52 of the inner membermelting portion 93 begins to melt, light is emitted all around theinside of the shell side wall 64 to cause the primary shell 56 to glowmost dramatically. Thus, the glowing orb candle 88 is itself transformedinto a visually appealing glowing object. In addition, light is emittedfrom the glowing orb candle 88 in particular patterns which have beenfound to be very pleasing. Light from the wick 94 shines straightthrough the apertures 82 to produce aperture shaped light projections onnearby external walls and surfaces. Besides light projections, theglowing orb candle 88 also casts shadows onto the nearby external wallsand surfaces because of, and in the shapes of, the droppings 84 and theleaf 72. Because the droppings 84 extend outward from ends of theapertures 82 which extend outward from the center of a star-shapedpattern, as shown in FIG. 12, the shadows give the illusion of the starrays extending indefinitely.

Furthermore, despite the heat generated by the burning wick 94 and thefact that the primary shell 56 is constructed of the same moldingmaterial 52 as the inner member melting portion 93, the primary shell 56glows without melting. This phenomenon can be attributed to, among otherfactors, the type of molding material 52 (FIG. 2) forming the primaryshell 56, the location of the inner member 90, and the dimensions of theglowing orb candle 88. According to one example of the preferredembodiment of the present invention where the primary shell 56 and innermember melting portion 93 are constructed of beeswax and it is intendedthat the primary shell 56 glow without melting, the diameter X of theupper aperture 77 is at least 3.5 inches, and preferably 5 inches, theheight Y between the shell top edge 66 and the top of a newly formedinner member 90 is at least 2.5 inches, and preferably 5 inches wherethe newly formed inner member 90 is approximately 3/4 of inch tall, andthe middle width Z of the primary shell 56 is at least 4.75 inches, andpreferably 7 inches. In addition, the substantially spherical shape ofthe primary shell 56 is felt to be important in dispersing the heat fromthe burning wick 94 and dispersing a pleasant beeswax aroma whilehelping to prevent the primary shell 56 from melting. After the wick 94is exhausted, the inner member 90 may easily be replaced through theupper aperture 77 so that the glowing orb candle 88 is truly reusable inthat it will appear identical to its original state. In other alternateembodiments of the present invention, it may be desirable to construct acandle with smaller dimensions to purposely melt away the primary shell56.

The present invention also includes many alternate embodiments, one ofwhich is illustrated in FIGS. 15 and 16 which show side cross-sectionaland top plan views, respectively, of a glowing orb candle 88' inaccordance with an alternate embodiment of the present invention. Whilethe primary shell 56 is identical to that of the preferred embodiment, acommon votive 100 is shown connected through the inner cup 92 to theshell bottom wall 62. The votive 100 includes a votive candle 102surrounded by a glass votive holder 104 and containing a votive wick106. The glowing orb candle 88' functions similarly to the glowing orbcandle 88 of the preferred embodiment while providing additionalseparation in the form of the glass votive holder 104 between the votivecandle 102 and the primary shell 56.

Another alternate embodiment of the present invention is represented byFIGS. 17-19. FIG. 17 shows a side elevational view of an alternatedistensible mold 30', whereas FIGS. 18 and 19 show front perspective andtop plan views, respectively, of a glowing orb candle 88" constructedfrom the distensible mold 30' of FIG. 17. Referring now to FIG. 17, thedistensible mold 30' is shown in an expanded condition with a neck knot44' tied in a mold neck 42'. The mold exterior 40' is shown including anumber of mold ridges 110. With reference also to FIGS. 18 and 19, analternate primary shell 56' is formed through steps similar to thosediscussed above, such as submerging the distensible mold 30' partiallyin molding material 52 (FIG. 2) and allowing the primary shell 56' tosolidify on a flat surface 60 (FIG. 4). Because of the mold ridges 110,shell ridges 112 are formed into the primary shell 56'. Apertures 82'are then cut into the primary shell 56' while removing the excessmolding material 52 rather than allowing it to form droppings below theapertures 82'. In a manner similar to the preferred embodiment, an innermember 90 is placed within an inner cavity 76' and mounted upon a shellbottom wall 62' through an inner cup 92.

Refer now to FIGS. 20 and 21 which show a cross-sectional cut-away viewand a top plan view, respectively, of yet another alternate embodimentof the present invention. A glowing shadow candle 120 is shown includingan external shell 122, an internal shell 130, and a lighted inner member90. The external shell 122 includes an external bottom wall 125 and anexternal side wall 123 defining an external cavity 124 and an externalupper aperture 126 without small apertures or an embedded object. Theinternal shell 130 is located within the external cavity 124 mountedupon the external bottom wall 125 through an internal shell cup 131formed in a manner similar to that of the inner cup 92. The internalshell 130 includes an internal shell wall 132 and an internal bottomwall 136 defining an internal cavity 134 accessible through an internalupper aperture 135. A number of internal apertures 133 are shownextending through the internal shell wall 132. The inner member 90 isshown mounted to the internal bottom wall 136 through an inner cup 92and shown including a wick 94 which is burning with a flame 140. Aslight shines from the flame 140, both the internal shell 130 andexternal shell 122 are constructed, sized and oriented to glow withoutmelting. Furthermore, as light is emitted through the internal apertures133, light projections 142 which are visible from outside the glowingshadow candle 120 appear on the external side wall 123. As the flame 140flickers, the light projections bounce about to produce a very pleasingeffect.

Referring now to FIG. 22, a glowing shadow candle 120' in accordancewith another alternate embodiment of the present invention is shown in across-sectional cut-away view. An alternately-shaped external shell 122'is shown defining an external cavity 124' inside which is located analternately-shaped internal shell 130' floating in a volume of flotationliquid 145, an acceptable example being ordinary water. A lighted innermember 90 with a flame 140 causes light projections to appear on anexternal side wall 123'. Because the internal shell 130' is floatingwithin the external shell 123', the internal shell 130' is able to moveabout with respect to the external shell 123'. Such movement causes thelight projections 142 to move and bounce about even more than thatcaused by flickering of the flame 140.

While a variety of alternate embodiments of the present invention havealready been discussed with reference to the drawings, the presentinvention includes other alternate embodiments described below whichwould be readily understood by one reasonably skilled in the art uponreview of the foregoing drawings and description. It should beunderstood that each of the embodiments disclosed herein, including thepreferred embodiment, includes features and characteristics which areconsidered independently inventive. Accordingly, the disclosure ofvariations and alterations expressed in alternate embodiments isintended only to reflect on the breadth of the scope of the presentinvention without suggesting that any of the specific features andcharacteristics of the preferred embodiment are more obvious or lessimportant.

As is evident from the description of two differently-shaped distensiblemolds 30 (FIG. 1) and 30' (FIG. 17), the present invention contemplatesthe use of a variety of differently shaped and differently constructeddistensible molds to produce a variety of differently-shaped shells suchas those in the shape of other types of fruit, animals, cartooncharacters, etc. As is also evident from the use of shells with andwithout apertures and/or embedded foreign objects, the present inventionincludes shells, and the methods for producing them, having no aperturesor embedded foreign objects, having one or more apertures alone, havingone or more embedded foreign objects alone, and having embedded foreignobjects and apertures.

Also, in mass production environments, it would be desirable to utilizereusable distensible molds, thus, rather than using neck knots, othermethods such as clamping or maintaining fluid pressure into the moldsare contemplated for maintaining the expansion of the distensible molds.Also included within the scope of the present invention are othermethods of removing a distensible mold from a formed shell which includeremoving the distensible mold and distensing fluid from the shellwithout removing the distensing fluid from the distensible mold. Suchmethods include rotating the distensible mold with the attached shelland supporting the shell while the distensible mold is allowed to deformand fall (or be pulled) out of the shell under the weight of thedistensing fluid. It has been found that a shell with a lower, wider topedge is more conducive to allowing the distensible mold to simply fallout of the shell. The distensing liquid would need to be allowed to coolbefore reuse if the integrity of the distensible mold is in question ormore rapid application of molding material is desirable since coolerdistensing fluid serves as a more effective heat sink. According tostill other methods of the present invention, molds may be completelysubmerged within the molding material so that a portion of the moldingmaterial is eventually removed to allow for removal of the mold. Inaddition, molds with attached newly formed shells may be hung ratherthan placed on flat surfaces to maintain round shell bottom walls.

Besides liquids, the use of other fluids is contemplated to expand thedistensible mold. In addition, besides the example of beeswax given formolding material 52, other types of molding material may be used toconstruct shells, some having no relationship to candles, including, butnot limited to, ordinary wax, plastic, and food products such as candyor chocolate. Smaller shells may also be used as containers for personalproducts, etc. Also, the temperature of the molding material 52 can bevaried, as well as mixed with various particulates, to vary the textureand appearance of the shell. To achieve a smooth finish, the temperatureof the molten material 52 should be maintained at least above a levelwhere no coating has formed on the top of the molten material 52. In theexample of beeswax, as the temperature reaches 140° F., a coating beginsto form on top of the beeswax in the reservoir 50 which results in agrainy appearance, whereas temperatures approaching 220° F. cause anytrash or water found at the bottom of the reservoir 50 to circulatewithin the beeswax to change the appearance of the shell 56. Thetemperature can also be varied to alter the thickness of the layers ofthe shell 56 with hotter temperatures producing thinner layers. Whilethe heat sink caused by the presence of the distending fluid 32 withinthe distensible mold 30 reduces the tendency of the shell 56 to losepreviously applied layers when exposed to hot molten material 52, thetemperature should, to add layers, be kept below the level whereprevious layers begin to be lost unless one is desiring to beginexposing a previously embedded object.

Regarding the submerging step shown in FIG. 3, rather than pulling thedistensible mold 30 out of the molding material 52 in one continuousmotion, the distensible mold 30 can be withdrawn in stages to formparallel lateral lines encircling the primary shell 56 to give theprimary shell 56 the appearance of having been spun on a pottery wheel.In addition, rather than maintain the distensible mold 30 in a verticalposition within the molding material 52, the distensible mold 30 can betilted in various directions to create a more flared shell top edge 66(FIG. 4). The submerging step may also be repeated multiple times atdifferent heights using variously colored molding materials 52 toproduce multi-colored shells. Of course, the use and non-use ofalternately shaped apertures 82 and/or foreign objects 72 is alsocontemplated. Also, as is evident from FIG. 22, the shells are designedto float so that it is contemplated to use the glowing orb candles 88floating in bathtubs, swimming pools, etc.

While the embodiments of the present invention which have been disclosedherein are the preferred forms, other embodiments of the presentinvention will suggest themselves to persons skilled in the art in viewof this disclosure. Therefore, it will be understood that variations andmodifications can be effected within the spirit and scope of theinvention and that the scope of the present invention should only belimited by the claims below.

We claim:
 1. A light assembly comprising:a molded outer shell definingan outer shell inner cavity, an outer shell upper aperture providingaccess to said outer shell inner cavity, an outer shell inner surface,and an outer shell outer surface; a molded inner shell defining an innershell inner cavity, an inner shell upper aperture providing access tosaid inner shell inner cavity, an inner shell inner surface, and aninner shell outer surface, said inner shell outer surface contactingsaid outer shell inner surface, wherein said inner shell and said outershell are formed of the same reusable molded material; a foreign objectinterposed between said inner shell outer surface and said outer shellinner surface; and a light element located at least partially withinsaid inner shell inner cavity.
 2. The assembly of claim 1, wherein saidinner shell and said outer shell are meltable.
 3. The assembly of claim1, wherein said inner shell and said outer shell are wax.
 4. Theassembly of claim 1, wherein said inner shell has a substantiallyuniform thickness, and wherein said outer shell has a substantiallyuniform thickness.
 5. The assembly of claim 1, wherein said inner shellis located at least substantially within said outer shell inner cavity.6. The assembly of claim 1, wherein said inner shell outer surfacecontacts substantially all of said outer shell inner surface.
 7. Theassembly of claim 1, wherein said light element is located entirelywithin said inner shell inner cavity.
 8. The assembly of claim 1,wherein said light element contacts an insubstantial portion of saidinner shell inner surface.
 9. The assembly of claim 1, wherein saidlight element includes a glass member.
 10. The assembly of claim 1,wherein said light element is readily removable.
 11. The assembly ofclaim 10, wherein said light element is a removable candle.
 12. Theassembly of claim 11, wherein said candle includes a core and a burnablewick embedded only within said core.
 13. The assembly of claim 12,wherein said candle element includes a glass container surrounding atleast a portion of said core and at least a portion of said wick. 14.The assembly of claim 1, wherein said inner shell and said outer shellare meltable, and wherein said light element is so located within saidinner shell inner cavity that said inner shell and said outer shell glowand remain intact without melting during operation of said lightelement.
 15. The assembly of claim 1, wherein said inner shell includesa bottom wall and said light element contacts said bottom wall.
 16. Theassembly of claim 1, wherein said inner shell includes a bottom wall,and wherein said light element rests on said bottom wall.
 17. Theassembly of claim 1, wherein said inner shell includes a bottom wall anda side wall, and wherein a substantial space is defined between saidlight element and said side wall such that said substantial space existsthroughout operation of said light element.
 18. The assembly of claim 1,further comprising a plurality of apertures defined through said outershell and said inner shell, wherein said apertures are located belowsaid outer shell upper aperture and said inner shell upper aperture. 19.The assembly of claim 1, wherein said inner shell and said outer shelldefine the result of consecutive placements of a distended distensiblemold into a reservoir of molding material.
 20. The assembly of claim 19,wherein said distensible mold is distended by introducing a distendingfluid into an expandable cavity within said distensible mold.
 21. Theassembly of claim 20, wherein said foreign object is interposed betweensaid inner shell and said outer shell by mounting said foreign object onsaid inner shell outer surface between the consecutive placements ofsaid distended distensible mold into said reservoir of molding material.22. The assembly of claim 21, wherein said inner shell and said outershell include a bottom wall defining the result of resting saiddistended distensible mold on a surface after placement into saidreservoir of molding material.
 23. The assembly of claim 1, wherein saidforeign object is a portion of a plant.
 24. A light assemblycomprising:a molded meltable wax outer shell having a substantiallyuniform thickness, said outer shell defining an outer shell innercavity, an outer shell upper aperture providing access to said outershell inner cavity, an outer shell inner surface, and an outer shellouter surface; a molded meltable wax inner shell having a substantiallyuniform thickness located at least substantially within said outer shellinner cavity, said inner shell defining an inner shell inner cavity, aninner shell upper aperture providing access to said inner shell innercavity, an inner shell inner surface, and an inner shell outer surface,said inner shell outer surface contacting substantially all of saidouter shell inner surface, wherein said inner shell and said outer shellare formed of the same reusable material; a portion of a plantinterposed between said inner shell outer surface and said outer shellinner surface; and a light element located at least partially withinsaid inner shell inner cavity, and wherein said light element is solocated within said inner shell inner cavity that said inner shell andsaid outer shell glow and remain intact without melting during operationof said light element.
 25. The assembly of claim 24, wherein said lightelement is located entirely within said inner shell inner cavity, andwherein said light element contacts an insubstantial portion of saidinner shell inner surface.
 26. The assembly of claim 24, wherein saidlight element includes a readily removable candle including a core, aburnable wick embedded only within said core, and a glass containersurrounding at least a portion of said core and at least a portion ofsaid wick.
 27. The assembly of claim 24, wherein said inner shellincludes a bottom wall, and wherein said light element rests on saidbottom wall.
 28. The assembly of claim 24, wherein said inner shellincludes a bottom wall and a side wall, and wherein a substantial spaceis defined between said light element and said side wall such that saidsubstantial space exists throughout operation of said light element. 29.The assembly of claim 24, further comprising a plurality of aperturesdefined through said outer shell and said inner shell, wherein saidapertures are located below said outer shell upper aperture and saidinner shell upper aperture.